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Despite their best efforts, the Pacers beat the Cavaliers. Before we focus onthe ugly near-loss, let’s point out the most significant takeaway from theevening: the Pacers got their 17th win of the season outside of Indiana,guaranteeing them a winning road record for the first time since the firstRoosevelt administration. Meaning Theodore. (I don’t actually know whenthe last time was. Someone look it up and tell us all in the comments.Probably 2003-04.)

Excellent milestone for a team that has shown that they are capable ofwinning against any team on any night in any building. Who really thoughtthat could be possible right now even 6 months ago?

Unfortunately, what has generally been a very encouraging season has alsoincluded plenty of discouraging games like tonight. It was a dull, mundanegame where the Pacers seemed to be going through the motions. And thatseemed to be enough to beat a team that, as Mike Wells noted on Twitter,was “2-13 in their last 15 games” and has “called up 7 guys from the D-League this season.” Until it wasn’t.

Depending on your perspective, the Cavs either started forcing a bunch ofturnovers late or the Pacers started to choke the game away and cough theball up repeatedly. The outcome was the same. Cleveland cut the lead to 8.Then 5. Then 3. Then 1. Stop me if you can see the pattern. Soon, they werewinning and extending a lead as the Pacers looked incapable of scoring.Indiana went nearly 6 minutes and 42 seconds without hitting a field goal infact. A George Hill three-pointer ending that impressive run of futility. Andit was a really good thing he showed up for work today. He added two layupssoon after to tie the game and then give the Pacers back the lead.

His actions after that, however, will likely make most forget that the teamprobably would have lost...CONTINUE READING AT 8p9s

Jonathan Auping: What Else Rhymes With Lester?

How do we create excitement during a two-game stretch against thesame lottery-bound team? Bad jokes and random observations byyours truly will have to do.

Effort can be an issue against bad teams for the Pacers. WhenGranger brings the hustle, the rest of the team usually follows suit.Early in this one Granger set the tone, not just hitting shots, butmoving without the ball and playing defense. Unfortunately neitherGranger or the rest of the team maintained it for 48 minutes.

Shouldn’t Omri Casspi have to get at least 20 minutes per game tobe able to have the same role as Serge Ibaka in a Sprite commercial?

Every time I’ve seen Antawn Jamison score a bucket in a Cavs’jersey since Lebron left I’ve thought to myself, “Ahh, poor guy, goodfor him.”

So when you’re Brazilian do people not talk about your mustache?Brazilian Blur? More like Brazilian Burt Reynolds. Am I right?#MustacheJokes #SlowGame #WaitThisIsn’taTweet

163 NBA injuries later… “Walton! Luke! Yeah, you. You’re in.”

Roy Hibbert’s got the post moves … it would just be nice if he couldexecute them about 17% faster...

MVP: Danny Granger. Granger did his thing from all over the court onWednesday night, taking the ball to the post for some easy baskets whilehitting his jumpers whenever he got a look at them. He finished with agame-high 23 points, and his contributions in overtime sealed the game forthe Pacers.

LVP: Anthony Parker is just returning from an injury, and playing 37 minuteson the latter half of a back-to-back clearly didn’t agree with him — after agreat game on Tuesday, Parker managed just 7 points on 2-8 shooting fromthe field.

X Factor: The Cavaliers had absolutely zero success keeping the Pacers offthe free throw line. David West, Tyler Hansborough, and Danny Granger areall great foul-drawers, and they got the Cavs to fall for their tricks time andtime again, leading to the Pacers getting 9 more points from the free throwline than the Cavs did.

Turning point: With the Pacers up two and just over two minutes remainingin overtime, Danny Granger nailed a 3-pointer to put Indiana up by 5, thenhit an 18-footer less than a minute later to seal the game for Indiana. TheCavaliers gave the Pacers much more of a fight than they must have beenexpecting, but the Pacers’ execution on both ends of the floor was simply toomuch for the Cavs in overtime.

That was...sad: Lester Hudson made a game-tying 3 at the end of regulationagainst the Nets on Sunday. only to watch his team lose in overtime. OnWednesday, Hudson hit a game-tying floater at the end of regulation, only towatch the Cavs lose in overtime yet again. Hopefully Hudson’s next clutch shotwill actually lead to a Cavalier victory.

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Re: 4/13/2012 Game Thread #59: Pacers Vs. Cavaliers

This one won't be close - I hope. This Pacers team beat the ZOMBIESONICS! The Bulls! The Heat! The Mavs! The Celtics! The Pacers always seem to play badly against the bottom feeders, almost like they are slacking off knowing they will win. And when they lose, David West goes off.

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